Queen Elizabeth Stakes (VRC)

For other races with similar names, see Queen's Cup (disambiguation) and King's Plate (disambiguation).

Queen Elizabeth Stakes

Group 3 race
1954 & 1955 winner – Rising Fast
Location	Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia
Inaugurated	1854
Race type	Thoroughbred - flat
Race information
Distance	2,600 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	Three year olds and older that are not maidens
Weight	Quality handicap
Purse	A$300,000 (2022)

Rogilla, 1933 winner George Robinson up

Amounis, 1929 jockey Harold Jones up

Lavendo, 1916 winner Frank Dempsey up

Gothic, 1928 winner

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes, first known as Queen's Plate (1854-1872), and then by various other names at different times in its history (Queen's Cup, Flemington Plate, Canterbury Plate, C.B. Fisher Plate), is an Australian horse race run in Melbourne, Victoria.

It is a registered Victoria Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and over, under quality handicap conditions, over a distance of 2,600 m (1.6 mi) at Flemington Racecourse on the last day of the VRC Spring Carnival in early November. Total prize money is A$300,000.

History

Distance

• 1854–1874 – 3 miles (~4800 metres)
• 1875–1876 – 2 miles (~3200 metres)
• 1877–1878 - 21⁄4 miles (~3600 metres)
• 1879 – 2 miles (~3200 metres)
• 1880 - 21⁄4 miles (~3600 metres)
• 1881–1884 – 2 miles (~3200 metres)
• 1885 - 21⁄2 miles (~4000 metres)
• 1886–1887 – 2 miles (~3200 metres)
• 1888 – 3 miles (~4800 metres)
• 1889 - 21⁄4 miles (~3600 metres)
• 1890–1894 – 2 miles (~3200 metres)
• 1895–1971 - 11⁄2 miles (~2400 metres)
• 1972 – 2400 metres
• 1973–1993 – 2500 metres
• 1994 – 2530 metres
• 1995 – 2500 metres
• 1996 – 2531 metres
• 1997–2005 – 2500 metres
• 2006–2007 – 2520 metres
• 2008–2009 – 2500 metres
• 2010 onwards – 2600 metres

Grade

• 1854–1978 - Principal Race
• 1979–2004 - Group 2
• 2005 onwards - Group 3

Name

• 1854-1872 - Queen's Plate
• 1873-1874 - Flemington Plate
• 1875-1894 - Canterbury Plate
• 1895–1968 - C.B. Fisher Plate
• 1969 - Queen's Cup
• 1970–1973 - C.B. Fisher Plate
• 1974 - Queen's Cup
• 1975–1978 - C.B. Fisher Plate
• 1979–1984 - Queen Elizabeth Stakes
• 1985 - Queen's Cup
• 1986–2009 - Queen Elizabeth Stakes
• 2010 - Queen's Cup
• 2011–2014 - Queen Elizabeth Stakes
• 2015 - Queen's Cup
• 2016 - 2021 - Queen Elizabeth Stakes
• 2022 - Queen's Cup
• 2023 - present - Queen Elizabeth Stakes

1951 racebook

• 
  Front cover of the 1951 VRC C.B. Fisher Plate racebook
• 
  Inside cover of the 1951 VRC C.B. Fisher Plate showing raceday officials
• 
  Starters and results of the 1951 VRC C.B. Fisher Plate showing the winner, Bronton
• 
  Back cover showing railway arrangements and charges at the entrance gates

Gallery of noted winners

• 
  Phar Lap, 1930 winner
• 
  High Caste, 1939, 1940 & 1941 winner
• 
  Ajax, 1938 winner
• 
  Eurythmic, 1920 winner

Winners since 1999

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2023	Muramasa	Daniel Moor	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
2022	Soulcombe	Craig Williams	Chris Waller	2:43.87
2021	Warning	Nash Rawiller	Anthony & Sam Freedman	2:44:69
2020	True Self	Hugh Bowman	Willie Mullins	2:44.99
2019	True Self	Ryan Moore	Willie Mullins	2:45.42
2018	Jaameh	Mark Zahra	David & Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig	2:45.09
2017	Vengeur Masque	Patrick Moloney	Michael Moroney	2:42.99
2016	Francis Of Assisi	William Buick	Charlie Appleby	2:41.13
2015	Dandino	Ben Melham	Darren Weir	2:46.93
2014	Le Roi	Damien Oliver	Tony McEvoy	2:43.13
2013	Precedence	Craig Williams	Bart & James Cummings	2:46.45
2012	Puissance De Lune	Glen Boss	Darren Weir	2:44.23
2011	Ironstein	Brenton Avdulla	Gerald Ryan	2:44.81
2010	Moudre	Craig Williams	Ciaron Maher	2:45.22
2009	Sterling Prince	Hugh Bowman	Wayne Hillis	2:34.58
2008	Capecover	Craig Williams	Alexander Fieldes	2:38.89
2007	Zavite	Nash Rawiller	Anthony Cummings	2:38.57
2006	Gallant Guru	Steven Arnold	Lee Freedman	2:40.67
2005	Our Smoking Joe	Noel Callow	Lee Freedman	2:33.81
2004	Fantastic Love	Kerrin McEvoy	Saeed bin Suroor	2:44.80
2003	Zazzman	Kerrin McEvoy	Tony Vasil	2:37.52
2002	Makybe Diva	Luke Currie	David Hall	2:35.78
2001	Hatha Anna	Patrick Payne	Saeed bin Suroor	2:40.98
2000	Savrocca	Brett Prebble	Jeff Rogers	2:37.81
1999	Zerpour	Brett Prebble	David Hall	2:41.04

Earlier winners

• 1998 - Might And Power
• 1997 - †Bright Spot / Vita Man
• 1996 - Valance
• 1995 - Pindi
• 1994 - Bullwinkle
• 1993 - Hear That Bell
• 1992 - Kawtuban
• 1991 - Frontier Ban
• 1990 - Savage Toss
• 1989 - Our Shannon Lad
• 1988 - Zamakima
• 1987 - Globetrotter
• 1986 - Colour Page
• 1985 - Chelaware
• 1984 - Irish Lord
• 1983 - Fountaincourt
• 1982 - My Sir Avon
• 1981 - Kip
• 1980 - Hyperno
• 1979 - Hyperno
• 1978 - Salamander
• 1977 - Tom's Mate
• 1976 - Perhaps
• 1975 - Four Leaf
• 1974 - Leilani
• 1973 - Director
• 1972 - Scotch And Dry
• 1971 - Classic Mission
• 1970 - Big Philou
• 1969 - Lochcourt
• 1968 - Rain Lover
• 1967 - General Command
• 1966 - Galilee
• 1965 - Craftsman
• 1964 - Piper's Son
• 1963 - Summer Fair
• 1962 - Even Stevens
• 1961 - Dhaulagiri
• 1960 - Nilarco
• 1959 - Webster
• 1958 - Sailor's Guide
• 1957 - Redcraze
• 1956 - Sailor's Guide
• 1955 - Rising Fast
• 1954 - Rising Fast
• 1953 - Hydrogen
• 1952 - Hydrogen
• 1951 - Bronton
• 1950 - Playboy
• 1949 - Dickens
• 1948 - Phoibos
• 1947 - Columnist
• 1946 - Leonard
• 1945 - Don Pedro
• 1944 - Race Not Held
• 1943 - Race Not Held
• 1942 - Race Not Held
• 1941 - High Caste
• 1940 - High Caste
• 1939 - High Caste
• 1938 - Ajax
• 1937 - Black Mac
• 1936 - Queen Of Song
• 1935 - Hall Mark
• 1934 - Nightly
• 1933 - Rogilla
• 1932 - Kuvera
• 1931 - Veilmond
• 1930 - Phar Lap
• 1929 - Amounis
• 1928 - Gothic
• 1927 - Silvius
• 1926 - Pantheon
• 1925 - Pilliewinkie
• 1924 - Lilypond
• 1923 - Rivoli
• 1922 - Violoncello
• 1921 - Tangalooma
• 1920 - Eurythmic
• 1919 - Artilleryman
• 1918 - Kennaquhair
• 1917 - Wallace Isinglass
• 1916 - Lavendo
• 1915 - Carlita
• 1914 - Mountain Knight
• 1913 - Radnor
• 1912 - Cider
• 1911 - Trafalgar
• 1910 - Alawa
• 1909 - Alawa
• 1908 - Alawa
• 1907 - Mountain King
• 1906 - Dividend
• 1905 - Tartan
• 1904 - Sweet Nell
• 1903 - Combat
• 1902 - Wakeful
• 1901 - Rock Gun
• 1900 - Maltster
• 1899 - Merriwee
• 1898 - The Grafter
• 1897 - Aurum
• 1896 - Bloodshot
• 1895 - †Auraria / Wallace
• 1894 - The Harvester
• 1893 - Patron
• 1892 - The Admiral
• 1891 - Steadfast
• 1890 - Megaphone
• 1889 - Abercorn
• 1888 - Mentor
• 1887 - The Australian Peer
• 1886 - Trident
• 1885 - Trenton
• 1884 - Commotion
• 1883 - Off Colour
• 1882 - Commotion
• 1881 - Wellington
• 1880 - Progress
• 1879 - Suwarrow
• 1878 - Warlock
• 1877 - Pluto
• 1876 - Calamia
• 1875 - Richmond
• 1874 - Melbourne
• 1873 - Don Juan
• 1872 - King Of The Ring
• 1871 - Warrior
• 1870 - Tim Whiffler
• 1869 - Charon
• 1868 - Glencoe
• 1867 - Tim Whiffler
• 1866 - Race Not Held
• 1865 - Volunteer
• 1864 - Race Not Held
• 1863 - Musidora
• 1862 - Race Not Held
• 1861 - Race Not Held
• 1860 - Race Not Held
• 1859 - The Moor
• 1858 - Green Linnet
• 1857 - Crockford
• 1856 - Tomboy
• 1855 - I Want It
• 1854 - Shadow

† Dead heat

See also

• Thoroughbred racing in Australia
• Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival
• VRC Stakes day
• List of Australian Group races
• Group races